Folding seat.



PATENTED JULY 26, 1964.

' A. E. BROGKETT.

FOLDING SEAT.

APPLICATION nun MAR. 2a. 1902.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented July 26, 1904. I

PATENT OEEIcE.

ATWATER E. BROCKETT, OF REVERE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO ADAM COOK, OFMALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS, AND CLINTON E. HOBBS AND HENRY B. BLACK, OFEVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS.

. FOLDING SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 765,808, dated July 26,1904.

Application filed March 28, 1902.

To all whom it may concern:

' of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement inFolding Seats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates especially to a seat to be used behind a counter byshop girls and swung up out of the way when not in use. The requirementsof such seats are that the seat proper shall be supported far enoughfrom the wall to which it is attached to allow the user to sitcomfortably, and yet may be folded within the smallest compasssay twoand one-half inchesagainst a wall, so that plenty of room is left for apassage between the seat and the counter, and the construction should bealso such that the seat will not interfere with the use of the shelvesor drawers along the rear wall, also that the seat shall be firmlysupported and be constructed of the smallest number of movable partsarranged to give the seat firm support with the smallest possibility ofwear, and also that the seat shall not be attached to the floor, so thatit may be possible to sweep the floor underneath the seat.

My invention consists in a seat of this class which is constructed inthe manner below described.

My invention will be understood by reference to the drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a side elevation of the seat in use; and Fig. 2 is a 'frontelevation of the seat out of use, a portion of the extensible rod beingin section to show its construction.

A is the wall, to which this seat is attached.

B is a bracket to which is pivotally connected the plate C, upon theupper surface of which is supported the seat proper, D. This plate C isprovided with an eye 0, in which lies the cross-rod 0, connecting theends of the forked piece E, forming part of the supporting-brace for theseat. The lower end of this forked piece terminates in a socket 0,adapted to receive the end of the slide-rod F, firmly attached therein.This rod Fslides in Serial No. 100,377. (No model.)

a sleeve Gr, having at its upper end a collar 9, located to come incontact with and support the extremity of the socket c. The lower end ofthe sleeve G is pivotally connected to a bracket H, also attached to theWall A of the counter, the pivotal connection shown being a socket-pieceH, pivoted to bearings in the bracket H by the pin it. It will be seenthat the bracket B projects somewhat farther from the wall than thebracket H, so that the seat when thrown up into a vertical position willtend to remain therein, and it will also be seen, and this is animportant feature of this invention, that when the seat is in ahorizontal position ready for use it is supported by the positiveengagement of the socket c of the forked piece E with the collar 9 onthe sleeve G, the rod F serving as a guide-rod to keep these parts inline, but taking none of the strain.

It will be seen that the slide-rod F is, in fact, only a guide tomaintain the forked piece and sleeve in operative relation and that thestrain supporting the seat is taken by the forked piece and the sleeveagainst the upper end of which the forked piece rests when the seat isin its horizontal position, so that the slide-rod may be of smalldiameter. Thus the size of the supporting parts may be reducedconsiderably without reducing the strength of the seat as a whole, andthis is an important feature of my invention, as it is desirable thatseats of this character he made at as small expense as possible formaterial and that their working parts take up as little room aspossible.

I prefer to make the piece E forked, so that when the seat is in itsupper position it may straddle the bracket B.

What I claim as my invention is- A folding seat comprising a bracketadapted to be attached to a wall, a seat pivotally connected to saidbracket, one section of a supporting-piece pivotally attached to thebottom of the seat forward of the bracket, a second bracket forattachment to the wall below the first-named bracket, a second sectionof the seat-supporting piece pivotaliy attached to said second bracket,the opposing ends of the two sections being provided with shoulders toreceive and distribute the strain and to assist in maintaining thealinement of the sections When in contact, the first-namedseatsnppoi'ting section being provided With an extension to telescopewith the second section and to thereby guide the opposing shoulders intocontact. 10

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my name this 25th day of March,1902.

ATWATER E. BROCKETT. Witnesses:

GEORGE O. G. CoALE, M. E. FLAIIERTY.

